• Female brown bears in Sør-Varanger, Norway: localities and mother-cub relationships analyzed by genetic methods 

      Kopatz, Alexander; Andreassen, Rune; Eiken, Hans Geir; Aarnes, Siv; Tobiassen, Camilla; Randa, Rolf; Wikan, Steinar; Hagen, Snorre (Bioforsk rapport;9(167) 2014, Research report, 2014-12-10)
      Knowledge on the number of female brown bears, especially reproducing females, is important for the wildlife management. One of the largest and densest populations of brown bears in Norway is located in Sør-Varanger, ...
    • Hair snares applied to detect brown bears in Øvre Anárjohka and Lemmenjoki National Parks 

      Eiken, Hans Geir; Ollila, Leif E.; Aspholm, Paul Eric; Ollila, Tuomo; Bergsvåg, Mari; Smith, Martin E.; Kopatz, Alexander; Magga, Sari; Sulkava, , Pekka; Aspi, Jouni; Wartiainen, Ingvild (Bioforsk rapport;4(190) 2009, Research report, 2009-12-21)
      There is limited knowledge on the brown bear (Ursus arctos) populations in the neighboring national parks Lemmenjoki in Finland and Øvre Anárjohka in Norway. Lemmenjoki is the largest National Park in Finland with its 2850 ...
    • Monitoring of the Pasvik-Inari-Pechenga brown bear population in 2007 and 2011 using hair-trapping 

      Kopatz, Alexander; Eiken, Hans Geir; Aspholm, Paul Eric; Tobiassen, Camilla; Bakke, Beate Banken; Schregel, Julia; Ollila, Tuomo; Makarova, Olga; Polikarpova, Natalia; Chizhov, Vladimir; Hagen, Snorre (Bioforsk rapport;6(148) 2011, Research report, 2011-12-22)
      The trans-border brown bear population of Pasvik-Inari-Pechenga (Norway-Finland-Russia) has been monitored using genetic analyses of feces collection since 2005. In addition in 2007, hair traps were systematically placed ...
    • Testing hair sampling on power poles as a potential method for DNA identification and monitoring brown bears 

      Kopatz, Alexander; Aspholm, Paul Eric; Rudolph, Anja; Eiken, Hans Geir; Schregel, Julia; Aarnes, Siv; Tobiassen, Camilla; Hagen, Snorre (Bioforsk rapport;9(168) 2014, Research report, 2014-12-05)
      Genetic methods based on sampling of feces and hairs to study brown bears have become the method of choice for many wildlife researchers and managers. Feces and hairs are the most common sample material for DNA identification ...